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Wednesday 12 December 2012
Mahela To step down as captain
Mahela Jaywardene has confirmed he will step down from the captaincy at the end of Sri Lanka's tour of Australia - a move he had hinted at for some months now. Jayawardene's second stint at the helm began in January, when he was called in to replace Tillakaratne Dilshan. The fifth ODI on January 23 in Hobart will be his final match as captain.
Vice-captain Angelo Mathews is the most likely successor, and Jayawardene said his decision to step down was largely borne from a desire to assist Mathews with leadership in Mathews' first phase as captain. Jayawardene will continue to be available for selection in all forms of cricket.
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Vice-captain Angelo Mathews is the most likely successor, and Jayawardene said his decision to step down was largely borne from a desire to assist Mathews with leadership in Mathews' first phase as captain. Jayawardene will continue to be available for selection in all forms of cricket.
How To Report On Shahid Afridi?
Some support particular players/selectors/coaches from a particular city while some also fall into the ethnicity formation, then there are also some who would support their players who act as their ‘moles’ in the team and help those reporters to get the inside news from the dressing room. When you read a particular report and analyze what or how that particular reporter/analyst has outlined his report, you will easily be able to ‘smell’ the agenda behind that report.
Recently Shahid Afridi was omitted from the one-day squad for the series against India. The social-media and the main-stream media was full of people who expressed themselves with every word in the dictionary to support or oppose this decision. Lets me give you an example:
“Boom Boom (Yeah that has to be a part of the name) Shahid Afridi” or “Maya-Naz All-rounder” (Impressive All-rounder) Shahid Afridi, who has captained the Pakistani team in many matches (18 ODIs to be precise) and has taken 348 wickets in 349 matches (yeah that’s less than 1 wicket per match) and scored more than 7000 runs in ODIs (at an avg of 23.34 runs/match). Against India, this all-rounder has a best bowling figure of 4/20 in an ODI match (which was 12 years ago in 2004) and his highest score against the arch-rival is 109 (on 19 Sept 1998, more than 14 years ago). When playing in India against the home team our team could have used the services of the experienced player who could have taken the pressure comfortably (Total 16 matches against India in India: Pick up the last 5 matches and he has a batting avg of 18.4 runs and a bowling economy rate of 5.70 per over in which he has picked up only 2 wickets, so talking about taking pressure doesn’t really suit here). Afridi though has been going through a rough patch recently could have been able to pick up his form if he had been given the chance (Since 1st match of the ODI World Cup in 2011 his batting avg has been 17.57, he hasn’t scored a fifty in the last 10 ODIs and has taken 7 wickets only in these 10 ODIs).”
Now either you can ignore the statistics in the brackets or use them to support the anti-Afridi argument – that totally depends which side of the table you are sitting. You can never deny that Shahid Afridi has surely been a match-winner but there is always an end to a great career; people who have realized this about this player are increasing with every passing day, the question is when will he understand this himself?
Monday 10 December 2012
Shahid Afridi axed, Younis Khan, Umar Gul included in Pakistan ODI team for India tour
There were a few surprise inclusions and omissions in the squads with Shahid Afridi, who has been in indifferent form, being dropped from the ODI's but retained in the shortest format.
Pakistan on Monday dropped big-hitting allrounder Shahid Afridi from their squad for the three-match one-day international series against arch-rivals India starting this month. Mohammad Hafeez will continue to head the T20 side while Misbah ul Haq retains ODI captaincy.
The 32-year-old captained Pakistan in their 2011 World Cup campaign,managing just 76 runs and five wickets in his last 10 one-dayers.
He will miss the 50-over series -- the neighbours' first in five years.
Shoaib Malik likewise misses out on the one-day squad but makes the T20 list, while experienced allrounder Abdul Razzaq was axed altogether as chief selector Iqbal Qasim said it was time to blood some younger players in one of sport's fiercest rivalries.
Younis Khan and Umar Gul meanwhile staged a comeback to the ODI side after being out of favour for some time.
Finally, Pakistan team has got rid of immature Shahid Afridi from the odi series against india. The selectors think he should be in some form to bring back it into odi team. The ex-captain is facing some form problems since last 12 months.Shahid afridi has never faces 100 balls in an innings its highest was 94 against India. The ex-coach 'MOIN KHAN' says if Afridi performs well he will get a strong chance in odi's. But who knows!
But in my opinion Afridi should be selected as he have a strong impression on the against team. Captain 'misbah-ul-haq' is in full favour to bring Shahid afridi in to team and he was going to replace Umar Akmal with shahid afridi which may cause a problem with the Pakistan team.
Younis Khan in my opinion is the best batsmen too be selected against pressure series india. he can handle the pressure at any stage we should get more advantage of his experience
We have selected a balanced team with the consensus of the selection committee, both the captains and the coach with a hope that these teams will give good results on the India tour," Qasim told reporter
"We have selected Afridi in the Twenty20 squad only and have given Zulfiqar Babar a chance in both the teams as he has been performing well in domestic cricket," said Qasim of the uncapped 34-year-old left-arm spinner.
mran Nazir, who opened the batting at the World Twenty20, was dropped, while batsman Asad Shafiq and left-arm spinner Raza Hasan were ruled out through injury.
Pakistan team is in processing stage against such a high series. The young guns who have played well in nation t20 have been given chance. Shaid afridi,abdur razzaq, shaoib malik the 3 senior player are going to miss the indian series which will be very challenging for the team Pakistan.
Pakistan fly to New Delhi on December 22 and play the first Twenty20 match in Bangalore three days later.
Twenty20 Squad: Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanveer, Umar Gul, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shahzad
One-day squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Nasir Jamshed, Haris Sohail, Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Zulfiqar Babar, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Anwar Ali.
Pakistan on Monday dropped big-hitting allrounder Shahid Afridi from their squad for the three-match one-day international series against arch-rivals India starting this month. Mohammad Hafeez will continue to head the T20 side while Misbah ul Haq retains ODI captaincy.
The 32-year-old captained Pakistan in their 2011 World Cup campaign,managing just 76 runs and five wickets in his last 10 one-dayers.
He will miss the 50-over series -- the neighbours' first in five years.
Shoaib Malik likewise misses out on the one-day squad but makes the T20 list, while experienced allrounder Abdul Razzaq was axed altogether as chief selector Iqbal Qasim said it was time to blood some younger players in one of sport's fiercest rivalries.
Younis Khan and Umar Gul meanwhile staged a comeback to the ODI side after being out of favour for some time.
Finally, Pakistan team has got rid of immature Shahid Afridi from the odi series against india. The selectors think he should be in some form to bring back it into odi team. The ex-captain is facing some form problems since last 12 months.Shahid afridi has never faces 100 balls in an innings its highest was 94 against India. The ex-coach 'MOIN KHAN' says if Afridi performs well he will get a strong chance in odi's. But who knows!
But in my opinion Afridi should be selected as he have a strong impression on the against team. Captain 'misbah-ul-haq' is in full favour to bring Shahid afridi in to team and he was going to replace Umar Akmal with shahid afridi which may cause a problem with the Pakistan team.
Younis Khan in my opinion is the best batsmen too be selected against pressure series india. he can handle the pressure at any stage we should get more advantage of his experience
We have selected a balanced team with the consensus of the selection committee, both the captains and the coach with a hope that these teams will give good results on the India tour," Qasim told reporter
"We have selected Afridi in the Twenty20 squad only and have given Zulfiqar Babar a chance in both the teams as he has been performing well in domestic cricket," said Qasim of the uncapped 34-year-old left-arm spinner.
mran Nazir, who opened the batting at the World Twenty20, was dropped, while batsman Asad Shafiq and left-arm spinner Raza Hasan were ruled out through injury.
Pakistan team is in processing stage against such a high series. The young guns who have played well in nation t20 have been given chance. Shaid afridi,abdur razzaq, shaoib malik the 3 senior player are going to miss the indian series which will be very challenging for the team Pakistan.
Pakistan fly to New Delhi on December 22 and play the first Twenty20 match in Bangalore three days later.
Twenty20 Squad: Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanveer, Umar Gul, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shahzad
One-day squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Nasir Jamshed, Haris Sohail, Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Zulfiqar Babar, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Anwar Ali.
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